Grace – Ex-Jehovah’s Witness

For twenty-five years, I thought I was serving the only TRUE God – Jehovah! Although my Father was an atheist, my Mother believed in God, but we never prayed, never went to church nor did we did go to Sunday School until I was 6 yrs old.

I lived in London, England. The War came when I was 12 years old and the entire school was evacuated to Devon. I left school when I was 14 years old and went to live in Surrey as a Nanny. I met a Canadian Soldier and at 16 years old, I was pregnant. My family insisted he marry me. At that time, the Canadian Government said that the marriage had to be performed in the Catholic Church, or we would NOT be considered married. So, we held the ceremony in the Catholic Church, even though we were not Catholic. I was bombed by a Buzz Bomb at 9 months along and as a result, my baby died three days after her birth. My Mother had named her Faith Virginia, in Faith she would be a virgin unlike me.

When I came to Canada as a Warbride in 1946, I learned that my husband had a drinking problem and life was very difficult. When Jehovah’s Witnesses were arrested at my door (in Montreal), I was interested. They were well dressed, well spoken, very friendly, and used their Bible. They came back several months later, and I was baptised after two years of studying with them. For twenty-five years, I served this religion. The only thing they taught me that I did not believe was that Jesus came invisibly in 1914.

Then, the leaders informed all of us in the Watchtower that we HAD to believe Jesus came in 1914. I confessed I didn’t believe it, and they gave me the left foot of fellowship (i.e., disfellowshipped). I wanted to die! I had been kicked off the Ark (the only true place of safety). I had even converted 10 people to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, but none of that mattered to them. My hubby used to beat me to try to stop me from being a Jehovah’s Witness, but they had already told me before I was baptised that folks would “persecute” me for my faith.

After two years of being out of this CULT, I went to a Pennsylvania “Witnesses Now For Jesus” convention, and Jesus Christ found me there. Praise the Lord! For 18 years, I lead a support group for ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses. Together, we have spoken to over 700 people — many of who are now free. At 80 years of age, I am looking forward to seeing the Face of my LORD–The WAY the TRUTH the LIFE!